Celestine Nkwocha

That night the moon didn't rise
That night the stars didn't blaze
That night the wind didn't blow
And all movement remained low
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Right from the day of my birth
The drum beat of battle resound in my ears
The vibration is felt in the core of my heart
‘‘but I am innocent'' I thought "and need not fight"
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Where ever you go
Whatever you sow
I just need you to know
For you I would climb mountains
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Beware her appearance
Beware her gaze
Be watchful the way she walks
The movement of her waist
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I'm that man in prison
A wounded dove in cage
Innocent and guiltless
Punished for a soup I never licked
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What have we got here?
Elders whose gathering brings us fear!
No! the nations burden they claim they loyally bear
They are the branches which make the nations tree
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Day and night we have laboured
But in harvest we are not favored
Like bullet from a gun
Our harvests are all gone
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Innocent and guiltless I am

Yet for no offence of mine
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